Word: cancerous
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...trip last Friday was the first occasion when Mrs. Reagan traveled as the patient. After a biopsy Saturday morning revealed a tiny malignancy in her left breast, the First Lady immediately underwent a modified radical mastectomy. Once the 50- minute operation was completed, however, the prognosis was good: the cancer did not appear to have spread beyond a small area. Doctors foresee no need for future radiation treatments or chemotherapy, and Mrs. Reagan's chances for a full recovery are considered excellent...
...year-old First Lady learned of her health problem on Oct. 6, after doctors found a "suspicious lesion" in her breast when she had her annual mammogram. The discovery marked the second serious bout with cancer for the Reagans in recent years. In July 1985 the President had surgery to remove a cancerous growth from his colon; since then he has undergone minor operations to remove basal-cell skin cancers from his nose. Upon hearing the results of her breast examination, the First Lady said simply, "I guess it's my turn...
...Reagan was under general anesthesia as doctors performed the biopsy, surgically removing affected breast tissue for laboratory analysis. The biopsy revealed a "noninvasive intraductal adenocarcinoma," a common form of breast cancer found in the ducts of glands embedded in the fatty tissue of the breast. The First Lady had already decided to have a mastectomy if cancer was discovered, and she immediately underwent surgery. Moments after she emerged from the operating room, the President reportedly said to her, "Honey, I know you don't feel like dancing, so let's just hold hands...
Nancy Reagan became the second First Lady to undergo a mastectomy. In 1974 Betty Ford had her right breast removed after cancerous tissue was discovered. The publicity surrounding the operation awakened public consciousness about breast cancer and inspired thousands of women to undergo regular breast examinations...
...inflame unfathomable hatreds. And the man with the responsibility for authorizing any retaliation was shouldering a more personal but no less worrisome burden as his wife entered Bethesda Naval Hospital for a biopsy and then a modified radical mastectomy. Nancy Reagan's plucky words on initially hearing of the cancer threat -- "I guess it's my turn" -- only underscored the randomness of life's lottery...